Role highlights
AOCS Engineer
Location: Espoo, Finland / Warsaw, Poland
Department: Spacecraft Analysis, Orbit and Attitude Control - Engineering
Reports to: Engineering Lead, AOCS Hardware
Employment type: Permanent
Workplace model: Hybrid
Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
Why this role matters
As an AOCS Engineer, you'll bring attitude and orbit control expertise to a constellation of 40+ Earth-observation satellites. You'll work across the full AOCS lifecycle, from design through on-orbit maintenance, analyzing performance, defining verification procedures, and leading anomaly investigations that keep our satellites precisely controlled and our SAR imagery sharp.
Who We Are
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.
ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.
ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.
Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
Your day-to-day responsibilities
Analyze and improve on-orbit performance of AOCS components across a constellation of 40+ satellites
Lead market studies and trade evaluations for new ADCS and propulsion hardware, and introduce new AOCS components into satellites
Define, execute, and maintain verification procedures for AOCS components
Lead or contribute to AOCS anomaly investigations across multiple engineering domains to identify root causes
Maintain and improve operational procedures related to AOCS
Drive process improvements that affect the full in-orbit satellite constellation
Partner with satellite operations, radar, mechanical, electronics, manufacturing, and product teams
What we're looking for
Must haves
BS/MS in Physics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
2-4 years of experience designing, operating, or testing AOCS equipment or spacecraft hardware
Strong understanding of AOCS fundamentals: rigid body motion, differential equations, coordinate transformations, 3D geometry, feedback loops, state estimation
Solid understanding of astrodynamics and attitude determination and control principles
Working knowledge of Python and Git
Experience with electronic lab hardware (power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc.)
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Nice to haves
Experience in multi-disciplinary environments (electrical, controls, mechanical, thermal)
Experience with flight dynamics software or libraries (e.g. STK, GMAT)
Experience working with GNSS
Proficiency in C++
Application Process
Talent Acquisition screening (remote)
Hiring Manager interview (remote)
Take-home technical task and panel interview (remote)
System thinking workshop (on-site)
Behavioural interview to assess cultural fit (on-site)
Working at ICEYE
At ICEYE, you'll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.
How We Work (Our Values)
Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.
Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the "why" behind decisions.